 Wan Jianmin
Education Background
Kyoto University, Japan, PhD, 1995
Nanjing Agricultural University, China, MSc, 1985
Nanjing Agricultural University, BSc, 1982
Posts Held
2003-present, Professor, Director General of Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
2001-2003, Professor, Dean of Life Sciences and Technology College, Dean of Agronomy College, Nanjing Agricultural University
1997-2000, Senior Research staff, Agricultural Research Center, Department of Agricultural, Forestry and fishery of Japan
1996, Post-doctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan
1985-1991, Assistant Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 1996
Research Area
He got his PhD degree in Genetics and Breeding at Kyoto University. His fundamental research is on rice functional genomics and molecular breeding, including mapping, discovery and cloning of agronomical important genes/QTLs involved rice grain quality, hybrid sterility, yield, rice blight and abiotic stress. Current research is also focusing on the establishment of high-efficient rice Agrobacteium-mediated transformation system. The research will provide some theoretical basis and new technologies for the development of rice genetic engineering and obtain new rice varieties by pyramiding the important genes. He has made significant contributions to understanding of molecular mechanisms regulating plant architecture, meiosis, photoperiodic flowering, nitrogen utilization and hybrid sterility. So far he has published over 120 papers in international journals, including the world-leading journals Developmental Cell, PNAS, Nature, Nature Communications, Plant Cell and Plant J, and has patents issued for 15 inventions. In addition, by using molecular markers and the pyramiding technology he has developed various genetic materials and 9 other new rice varieties.
Selected Publications
1. D14–SCFD3-dependent degradation of D53 regulates strigolactone signaling. Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12878.
2.A role for a dioxygenase in auxin metabolism and reproductive development in rice. Dev Cell. 2013 Developmental Cell 27, 113-122.
3.The association of functional nucleotide polymorphisms at DTH2 with the northward expansion of rice cultivation in Asia. PNAS, 2013, 110: 2275-2280.
4.Ehd4, a CCCH-type positive regulator of photoperiodic flowering in rice. Plos Genetics, 2013, 9(2): e1003281,
5.Rice APC/CTE controls tillering by mediating the degradation of MONOCULM1. Nature Comminucation, 2012 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1716
6.Identification and Characterization of an Epi-allele of OsFIE1 Reveals a Regulatory Linkage between two Epigenetic Marks in Rice. The Plant Cell, 2012, 24: 4407-4421
7.Pollen Semi-Sterility1 Encodes a Kinesin-1 like protein required for male meiosis, anther dehiscence and fertility in rice. The Plant Cell, 2011, 23: 111-129
8.OsARG encodes an arginase that plays critical roles in panicle development and grain production in rice. 10-Apr-2012 submit to The Plant Journal. The Plant Journal (2013) 73, 190–200
9.OsRab5a regulates endomembrane organization and storage protein trafficking in rice endosperm cells. The Plant Journal (2010) 64, 812–824
10.The vacuolar processing enzyme OsVPE1 is required for efficient glutelin processing in rice. The Plant Journal, 2009, 58: 606–617
Academic Awards
He was awarded the first prize of national science and technology progress in 2010. He was also awarded the first prize in science and technology at provincial level for twice. He won the 2012 prize for science and technology progress by the Ho Leung Ho Lee (HLHL) Foundation.
Academic membership
·Vice Chairman of Chinese Crop Society
·Vice Chairman of Chinese Society of Agricultural Biotechnology
·Member of Genetics Society of China
·Standing Member of Chinese Society of Biotechnology
·Standing Member of Botanical Society of China
·Deputy Secretary-General of Biotechnology Industry Advsory Committee, National Development and Reform Commission
·Editor in Chief of Acta Agronimica Sinica
·Editorial member of Bulletin of Botany
·Deputy exacutive editor of Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology
·Editorial member of Chinese Science Bulletin
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